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Multispecter Video - Ensouled Multipicture Carpets
Ten- two hands- this is the number of those Videos.
The idea for Multispecter Videos arised during a travel through South- and Centralvietnam from November 2015 to February 2016. I found there my own pictures by putting different videos together, by arranging and finally composing them. I created a new video as a composition of more than one videos with same theme or an associated theme, but with another start, another speed or another perspective, by zooming, mirroring, looping or stoping the video. The composition or collage of videos is inspired by the great vietnamese Kitchen: Hot spicy soup with a lot lot of fresh herbage, cinnamon, cardamon and sugar- but I mixed slow videos with fast videos or a close-up view with a long shot. But the new video should include the soul of the theme like a carped of videos wich starts having it`s own life- a living carpet. The titels were added to intensify the relationship between the content of the songs or poems and the carpets, the style is inspired by Alexander Kluge.
The newest Multispecter-Videos starting from march 2017 are also using videos from Spain, Italy, Greece, Marokko and Germany.
The lyrics from the song are written by Klaus Blach. He is the singer and produced the beat. The song is about Niki de Saint Phalle and her angry, violent assemblages which had been shot by firearms. Thomas Rhodes composed the melody of the refrain and he gave the song the idea of a tribal chant to praise the great women. Peter Abele improvised the great expressionistic piano to the song. In the beginning the three musicians are singing together.
The Videos at the beginning are from the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. The sculptures are from the Minoan civilisation- a matriarchy. This musicvideo ends with a strong political statement and an art manifest.
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Johannes HorakDirector
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Johannes HorakWriter
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Johannes HorakProducer
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Project Type:Experimental, Music Video
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Runtime:6 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:October 20, 2017
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Production Budget:100 USD
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Country of Filming:France, Greece, Italy
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Boston Galactic STARS 2017Boston
United States
January 3, 2018
Official Selection -
Snowdance Film AwardsLos Angeles
United States
January 13, 2018
Award: Best Music Video -
Europa Film FestivalBarcelona
Spain
September 29, 2018
Official Selection -
KAPOW Intergalactic Film FestivalHollywood
United States
September 28, 2018
Official Selection -
Independent Talents International Film FestivalBloomington
United States
November 30, 2018
Finalist -
International Film and Video Festival «Catharsis»Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladimir, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Pskov, Vladivostok and others.
Russian Federation
December 8, 2018
Official Selection -
Indie Best Films Festival (Ibestff)Santa Monica, California
United States
January 5, 2019
Official Selection -
Canadian Cinematography AWARDSToronto
Canada
July 4, 2020
Semi Finalist -
Santiago Independent Film AwardsSantiago
Chile
October 6, 2019
Official Selection -
VISUALIS Film FestivalSt. Petersburg
Russian Federation
October 17, 2019
Semi Finalist -
Dumbo Film FestivalNew York
United States
March 9, 2019
Official Selection -
Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film FestivalRishikesh
India
November 20, 2019
Award: Best Experimental Short Film -
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film FestivalPune
India
December 28, 2019
Award: Best Director -
New York Movie AwardsNew York
United States
July 3, 2020
Award -
Global Monthly Online Film Competition
July 7, 2020
Award
During my studies (pedagogy, philosophy) I worked as a film presenter for an arthouse cinema and for the Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg.
In Winter 2015/16 I was traveling trough South and Central Vietnam and there - in contact with another culture - I developed my own compositions of moving pictures.
Currently I am studying psychoanalysis - in my films I work i.a. with motives and feelings from dreams.